2026-09-15 05:51 UTC
If the Democrats want to win elections they're going to have to appeal to enough American voters.
Unfortunately, a lot of American voters are pretty regressive in this way. So now Democrats face the question: compromise a few principles for the sake of their other principles actually getting implemented, or take the high ground and lose. Thus sacrificing all of those principles.
Never a fun place to be in, but that's democracy.
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@yakko@feddit.uk 2026-09-15 06:36
Progressive and socialist platforms are very popular, in hindsight. It’s just that propaganda can make people who rely on, say, the ACA vote against “Obamacare”. And don’t get me started on the voter suppression and gerrymandering in the states. It’s never as simple as “just say what people want to hear” unless you are low-down cheaters who only court hateful morons. That’s setting aside how many Democrats just dance to the tune of Citizens United and just lose or punch left.